PORTLAND TIMBERS vs SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
PROVIDENCE PARK, Portland, Ore.
July 5, 2015 (WEEK 18, MLS Game #184)
8 p.m. PT (ESPN2 / ESPN Deportes; TSN2)
A crucial match in the Western Conference is ahead on MLS Soccer Sunday as the Portland Timbers play host to the San Jose Earthquakes at Providence Park before an ESPN2 audience. The teams are separated by just three points in the division, with the Timbers in a tie for third, and the Quakes currently sitting outside the playoff positions. Both teams won rivalry games last weekend: the Timbers returning to their winning ways with a dominant 4-1 win against Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday at home, while the Quakes defeated the LA Galaxy 3-1 on Saturday evening.
- The Timbers won their fifth game in their last six league contests in impressive fashion, storming to a 4-1 win against arch-rivals Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday afternoon at Providence Park, their second win over their Cascadia foes in 10 days after a U.S. Open Cup win.
- Fanendo Adi scored two goals yet again in a game in the Timbers’ win against Sounders FC. In the 10 games when Adi has scored a goal since coming to MLS (17 goals in all), he's scored two goals in seven of those games. He is now in a tie for third place in the MLS Golden Boot standings with eight goals.
- Matias Perez García recorded two assists – one on Chris Wondolowski’s ninth of the goal of the season, second-most in MLS this season – as the Quakes took a 3-1 win against arch-rivals LA Galaxy on Saturday evening at Stanford Stadium. Perez García has a goal and three assists over the last two matches.
- The Timbers claimed the season series a year ago, with two wins in three meetings (and one draw), entirely played over a 31-day span.
- The Timbers’ 2-1 victory on Oct. 4 of last year in Santa Clara was the first by a visiting team in the all-time league series. The Timbers have won three of six matches in Portland, with three draws, including a 3-0 win in the last meeting at Providence Park, on Oct. 8.
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Matthew Nelson; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Baboucarr Jallow
MLS Career: 203 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 58; pens: 69
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SUSPENDED: SJ: Sanna Nyassi (caution accumulation; through July 5)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Alvas Powell
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: POR: Liam Ridgewell, Diego Chara … SJ: Fatai Alashe
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: POR: Alvas Powell (Jamaica, CONCACAF Gold Cup) ... SJ: Chris Wondolowski (USA, CONCACAF Gold Cup); Cordell Cato (Trinidad & Tobago, CONCACAF Gold Cup)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Timbers 4 wins, 18 goals … Earthquakes 1 win, 13 goals … Ties 6
AT PORTLAND (4 meetings): Timbers 4 wins, 18 goals … Earthquakes 1 win, 13 goals … Ties 6
RETURN MATCH: 8/2: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers, 2 p.m. PT (ESPN2)
LAST YEAR (MLS) 9/7: POR 3, SJ 3 (Powell 54; Ridgewell 74; Alhassan 86 – Wondolowski 21, 85; Cato 48) 10/4: SJ 1, POR 2 (Wondolowski 56 – Wallace 71, 74) 10/8: POR 3, SJ 0 (Wallace 41; Valeri 51, 73)
- The Timbers claimed the season series a year ago, with two wins in three meetings (and one draw), entirely played over a 31-day span.
- The Timbers’ 2-1 victory on Oct. 4 of last year in Santa Clara was the first by a visiting team in the all-time league series. The Timbers have won three of six matches in Portland, with three draws, including a 3-0 win in the last meeting at Providence Park, on Oct. 8.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. POR: P5 W2 L1 D2 … Caleb Porter vs. SEA: P6 W3 L1 D2
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